Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

We’ve put together a comprehensive comparison of the newly released Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 SoCs, brought to you by Qualcomm and Qualcomm respectively. This analysis breaks down the pros and cons of these 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores, along with their technical details.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 9.97% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 (3200 vs 2910 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 55.17% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 (900 vs 580 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 15.95 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 (1098 K vs 947 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 supports 100.00 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 ( 51.2 vs 25.6 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 243697 246704
GPU 478120 352464
Memory 191931 176323
UX 184166 171430
Total score 1097914 946921

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 69% 85%
Graphics test 59 FPS -
Score 9875 7500

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200MHz 2910MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache - -
L3 cache 6 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - -

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Adreno 725
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 700
GPU frequency 900 MHz 580 MHz
Pipelines - -
Shading units - -
Total shaders - -
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.1 1.2
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3360 x 1600
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 X62
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 4400 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2500 Mbps -
Upload speed 5G - Up to 1600 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced May 2022 March 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number - SM7475-AB
Official page Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 official site